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1. hollow-moe · 1791010412 · focus · HN ↗

   What a bad piece. Optical is obsolete. Decathlon (here in France at least) has RFID on all their products, they're used as anti-theft, automatic tilling: you just put them in a box at the register and it knows what it is (also kills the chips once paid) and very likely they're used all along the logistic chain.

   1. pjmlp · 1791012005 · focus · HN ↗

      I am quite sure they still use optical on the German shops.

      1. dgellow · 1791015977 · focus · HN ↗

         Not in Berlin, not in Hamburg

         1. pjmlp · 1791017685 · focus · HN ↗

            I guess NRW is exceptional, or had broken devices in August.

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